Wallumbilla, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Wallumbilla is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.

[5] To the north of Wallumbilla the Great Dividing Range (in this region no more than a bumpy watershed) passes roughly ESE to NNW.

[6][5] The name Wallumbilla was the name of a pastoral run leased by Charles Coxen, The name is presumed to come from the indigenous Mandandanji language and reportedly means wallu=plenty and billa=jew fish.

[8] On Saturday 17 May 1929, the Wallumbilla School of Arts Memorial Hall was officially opened by Godfrey Morgan, the local Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Murilla.

[9] On 1 December 1956, The Westlander collided head-on with the Western Mail which was stationary at Wallumbilla railway station.

[29] ABQ transmits to Wallumbilla through its Roma relay station ABRAQ-2 at 26°34′20″S 148°51′1″E (Timbury Hills Transmitter site).

[citation needed] Network Ten and its sister channels 10 Bold and 10 Peach transmits to Wallumbilla through its regional area affiliate, CDT.

[citation needed] The Seven Network and its sister channels 7two and 7mate transmits to Wallumbilla through its remote area affiliate, ITQ.

[citation needed] Wallumbilla's Calico Cottage, open seven days a week, is the town's Visitor Information Centre.

Wallumbilla, March 2010, looking to the nor-nor-east.
Wallumbilla State School sign, circa 2022
Federal Hotel, Wallumbilla, 2008